Patrick Deval
Acéphale
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Original format 35mm
Year 1967-1968
Language(s) French
Artist(s) Patrick Deval, Jackie Raynal
Author(s) Patrick Deval, Philippe Azoury
Subtitles English
Booklet 24 pages (French, English)
Running time 116 min
Films
ACÉPHALE (1968) 56'
HÉRACLITE L'OBSCUR (1968) 20'
Description
"An ascetic prince wanders, teaches classes at the university, wanders, joins other thin people, enters the city's conduits, wanders again, finds a virgin forest and sets up a community there, feels cramped, returns alone, wanders desperately, at night, at a crossroads, assaults a woman passing by, but apologizes to her immediately."
— Philippe Azoury
"The Zanzibar participants were all inspired by a kind of quest, a search for light, a desire for purity. In describing the hero of Acéphale as a 'homing head', Patrick Deval sums up this determination. We see a gathering of people on a grid lit from behind, like moths drawn to light."
— Sally Shafto